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YouTube takes aim at third-party apps like SmartTube & NewPipe

18 Apr 2024 | Rasmus Larsen |

Google wants them to show ads or disappear

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Standalone YouTube Kids app to shut down across TV platforms

27 Feb 2024 | Rasmus Larsen |

Instead, Google refers kids to the main YouTube app

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Google & Samsung's Dolby Atmos rival to roll out in 2024 to TVs, YouTube, more

22 Jan 2024 | Rasmus Larsen |

Like HDR10+, late to the party but royalty-free

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YouTube Premium is getting a lot more expensive in some countries

06 Nov 2023 | Rasmus Larsen |

In Australia, parts of Europe, and parts of South America

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YouTube is now blocking ad-blockers worldwide

01 Nov 2023 | Rasmus Larsen |

The company has confirmed the change

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Streaming services such as Max & Hulu are increasingly using 'pause ads'

24 Oct 2023 | Rasmus Larsen |

When you pause the movie for whatever reason

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From bad to worse for 8K TVs in 2023

04 Oct 2023 | Rasmus Larsen |

Will it change?

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YouTube will no longer offer its cheapest ad-free Premium Lite plan

26 Sep 2023 | Rasmus Larsen |

YouTube gets more expensive

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EU ends antitrust investigation into Google, Meta & Netflix's AV1

30 May 2023 | Rasmus Larsen |

But AV1 still faces an uphill battle

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YouTube is getting even more ads including unskippable 30-second ads on TVs

18 May 2023 | Rasmus Larsen |

And ads when you pause the video on TVs

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YouTube starts blocking ad blockers

12 May 2023 | Rasmus Larsen |

Google refers to it as an experiment

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EU: Large TV platforms must clearly declare ads and 'recommendations'

01 May 2023 | Rasmus Larsen |

19 platforms have 4 months to comply with the Digital Services Act (DSA)

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Only 6% of Americans now use PlayStation & Xbox for video streaming

26 Apr 2023 | Rasmus Larsen |

Smart TVs account for 50%, up from 27% in 2016

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YouTube is bringing vertical video to horizontal TVs

08 Nov 2022 | Rasmus Larsen |

YouTube Shorts are coming to Smart TVs and game consoles

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Why you shouldn't use PlayStation or Xbox for video streaming

05 Oct 2022 | Rasmus Larsen |

A poor and expensive solution

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YouTube may limit 4K streaming to Premium subscribers, show more ads

03 Oct 2022 | Rasmus Larsen |

YouTube is testing new initiatives

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Google, Meta & Netflix's AV1 alliance under EU antitrust investigation

11 Jul 2022 | Rasmus Larsen |

Alleged anti-competitive behavior related to the licensing terms

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YouTube now offers free TV shows with ads in the US

24 Mar 2022 | Rasmus Larsen |

Nearly 4000 episodes of TV shows free with ads

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LG joins the Alliance for Open Media and embraces AV1 video codec

09 Mar 2022 | Rasmus Larsen |

Joining Amazon, Apple, Google, Microsoft, Netflix, Samsung & others

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YouTube app updated with HDR support on PlayStation 5

30 Nov 2021 | Rasmus Larsen |

HDR10 in up to 4K60

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More sponsored buttons coming to a remote control near you

21 May 2021 | Rasmus Larsen |

From one to two to four to six – and even more

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YouTube TV will introduce add-on option for 4K, offline viewing

18 Feb 2021 | Rasmus Larsen |

Google's live TV service, YouTube TV, is adding 4K

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Google, Netflix & YouTube to require AV1 video decoding support

11 Feb 2021 | Rasmus Larsen |

Yes, Philips 2021 TVs will also support AV1

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YouTube app will stop working on Apple TV3

04 Feb 2021 | Rasmus Larsen |

It will still be possible to watch YouTube via AirPlay

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YouTube now supports HDR on Xbox

22 Jan 2021 | Rasmus Larsen |

Xbox One X/S as well as Xbox Series X/S

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PS5 consumes 12x more energy than Apple TV during video streaming

06 Jan 2021 | Rasmus Larsen |

Xbox Series X is bad, PS5 is worse

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YouTube 8K now streaming on Android TVs (with Android 10, AV1)

26 Nov 2020 | Rasmus Larsen |

A number of requirements must be met

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YouTube 4K rolling out now to Apple TV 4K

02 Oct 2020 | Rasmus Larsen |

HDR is not supported and there are limitations

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PlayStation 5 will have Disney+, Netflix, Spotify & YouTube apps

25 Sep 2020 | Rasmus Larsen |

Probably others too

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tvOS 14 enables YouTube 4K – iOS 14 enables YouTube 4K HDR via VP9

25 Jun 2020 | Rasmus Larsen |

Via Google's VP9 video codec that Apple has resisted for years

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